Ohio became the 25th state (plus the District of Columbia) to approve Medicaid expansion on Monday. Twenty-five states have not decided to move forward with their own expansions as of this week.

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Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

Ohio's new Medicaid registration system is going to be tested, with potentially hundreds of thousands of Ohioans signing up for the program now that eligibility guidelines were expanded. State officials are hoping to avoid a sequel to the dysfunctional HealthCare.gov rollout.

On Oct. 1, the state shut down the 32-year-old system it used to sign up residents for Medicaid and other means-tested programs. It was replaced with a new model, whose public face is benefits.ohio.gov, which eventually will allow for a single point of entry into other welfare programs including food, cash and job ...